2^2 SAFARI 



did not feel as sleepy as his friends. He stood there 

 for a few moments glancing at them slyly. Then he 

 walked up to a big male that was soimd asleep and 

 snapped at one of the paws waving in the air. With a 

 roar of surprise and anger the owner of the paw 

 sprang to his feet ready for anything. But when he 

 saw he had been tricked he yawned widely and 

 rambled grumbling away to lie down again and 

 complete his nap. 



The joker walked on among the other ten lions, 

 waking up one after another imtil the little glade 

 rang with growls and snarls of irritation. He paid 

 no attention to us even when he got among the four 

 right in front of where we stood. Finally he lay 

 down beside a sleeping lioness and began to torment 

 her. The poor lady wanted to sleep but he kept 

 right on mauling and mouthing her imtil she simply 

 had to sit up and maul back. After a few minutes 

 of this both quieted down and began affectionately 

 licking one another. ^ 



About this time the biggest lion of the bunch, who 

 had been sleeping with his legs in the air, got slowly to 

 his feet and stretched, yawning a yawn so large that 

 we all wanted to yawn too. He walked over to 

 another spot and flopped himself on the groimd 

 so hard that he gave a loud gnmt as if he had knocked 

 the wind out of himself. 



Not wishing to take advantage of the magnani- 



